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Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint-Amour La Poulette 2018

Beaujolais

Red

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94/100

James Suckling

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93/100

Wine Enthusiast

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16,5/20

Bourgogne Aujourd'hui

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93/100

Tim Atkin

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16/20

Bettane & Desseauve

gamay
poultry
class
rough diamond

"Saint-Amour Ambassador

" A clear success in a delicate, fragrant style. Saint-Amour finds here a worthy ambassador. A lovely wine". (Le Guide des Vins Bettane & Desseauve). Rewarding work for this plot-based Beaujolais cru aged in concrete eggs, which delivers incredible purity of tannin and finesse.

Features

Estate

Domaine de la Pirolette

Cuvée

La Poulette

Vintage

2018

Designation

Saint-Amour

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% Gamay Noir

Terroirs

The vines are located in the "La Poulette" climat on pink granite soil with deep clay that acts as a water reservoir, particularly in hot years. On this terroir, the vines produce a fruity, energetic wine.

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

At optimum maturity

Winemaking

Cuvée parcellaire vinified in concrete eggs

Breeding

18 months in concrete eggs

Alcohol content

14.5%

Tasting & pairing

Nose

Gourmand with aromas of red fruit (cherry, blueberry) and a hint of violet.

Mouth

Round, rich and structured. Great energy. A gastronomic wine

Serve

AT 15-18°C

Open

1/2 hour

Drink before

2029

Guard

5 to 10 years

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Accompanies poultry such as Bresse chicken in morel sauce, veal chop, etc.

Domain de la Pirolette

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Saint-Amour

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated 16/20 (Very good wine)

Domain rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the wine:

An obvious success in a delicate, fragrant style. Saint-Amour finds here a worthy ambassador. A lovely wine.

About the domain :

Grégory Barbet, son of former House Director Jean Loron, produced his first vintage in 2013. With 15 hectares perfectly situated around the estate, Grégory quickly understood the need to deal with the heterogeneity of a cru better known for its evocative name than for its hitherto confidential parcels. While his village cuvée is positioned in a reliable, structured style, his plot-based cuvées, Poulette and Carjot, are in the making. Indeed, while the use of wood has improved, it's the blending with concrete eggs that has really brought a more subtle balance to the woodiness, which is finding its rightness in 2018. In an appellation where references were lacking, here is a young estate to watch, as much for the rising quality of its wines as for the contagious passion that inhabits this young winemaker.

Burgundy Today

Bourgogne Aujourd'hui

Wine rated 16,5/20

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domain rated (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domain rated (guide 2021) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the domain :

A former cooperage sales executive, Virginie Barbet bought this estate in 2013 with her husband Grégory and a few investor friends. Depending on the cuvée, the grapes are either destemmed or pressed whole. But always with a "chapeau grillé" accompanied by pumping-over and délestage for gentle extraction. They then mature in French oak barrels and concrete eggs their various parcel-based cuvées, which are among the most distinctive terroirs of the cru. Today, they are one of the few domains to restore Saint-Amour's cru status.

Wine Enthusiast

Wine Enthusiast

Wine rated (2021 guide) 93/100

About the wine:

Aged 18 months in cement eggs, this wine has powerful tannins and equally rich fruit. From a single vineyard, the wine has concentration and a dense black plum skin texture. It could do well to age it, so look forward to drinking this rich, complex wine from 2022.

James Suckling

James Suckling

Wine rated (2021 guide) 94/100

Rated Domaine (2021 guide) Recommended

About the wine:

Delightful nose of ripe blackberries, picked straight from the tree! Rich and very ripe, but there's no trace of dried fruit and the full, creamy palate carries the generous alcohol very well. Very long, velvety finish. To drink or to keep.

Tim Atkin

Tim Atkin

Wine rated 93/100

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